When I bought my jeep it had a bikini top with it but no header, so I ordered a header from quadratec last week. It came in yesterday and I cant figure out how to attach the top to it. It may be the wrong one. the header fits like a glove on the jeep but the top has a h channel and I cant figure out how to attach it the header. Please help me...

my header bolts on. my bikini top has hard plastic on it that slides into a channel that's on the header. it's real easy and it makes sense just looking at it. i wonder if you got a header that doesn't work with your bikini?

There are two styles of headers and bikini tops... the drill type header which mounts permanently has a slot that the bikini top slides into from the side. The other type of header is a no-drill header that is held in place with two bolts and the bikini has a hard rubber front edge that slips into the header from the front.

It sounds like you have one of each but they are incompatible with each other. If your TJ is a 2002 or older, it can use either style header. If it's newer than that, you must use the drill-less style header which to me is a bigger PITA to use than the permanently mounted drill-style header.

Thanks for the help. I have a message into qaudratec to see what they know. It has the H rail so I imagine it does slide from the side. It looks like there has been a bolt on/drill style installed before..

Then you could go to either style. And since you already have to change either the header or bikini, I'd swap whichever one it would take to use the drill style header. The effort and time savings of using that style over the no-drill style will add up over the years.

How about if you pass along at least one happy Bestop customer's need for some Bestop seat covers that fit Bestop's seats. I have a set of Trailmax Pro fabric seats that are badly stained and my old Bestop seat covers I bought for the OE seats don't fit them.

Hint: (though many may have already done this here is a time/temper saver)

I have an 03, bought a header and a bikini, and after several floppy, wind-struggling, three-handed installs I decided to stop fartin' around, and while I had it installed the last time I ran a nice bead of Black Max Super glue all down the seam where the bikini inserts into the header! Works great now, as there is no more comedy of errors when I want it on. Simply lock in the bar, pull back the permanently attached top, and strap'er down! Done! You may want to try the black RV adhesive too.

It used to look like some kinda I Love Lucy-skit! But with lots of cursing...

I'm kind of enjoying the sun right now...Oklahoma had 22 straight days with rain. And the weather hasn't gotten off to a warm start around here. We got 80's today though, so my jeep is showin off her boobs by goin topless!!!

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i posted the same thread. My top wouldnt fit in the C channel of the header. Turned out the top had a 1/4" tube inside it and the channel was 1/4"... didnt account for any of the fabric. So i went to home depot and got a 3/16 wood dowel. Works fine